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February 1, 2021
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.29.2021

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for SHARK TANK.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.36 compared to last week’s 0.51/0.38, and MYSTERY OF BLIND FROG RANCH was steady at 0.16.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.46/0.37.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES gained 0.03 to 0.28.  Cable news was led by MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.28/0.48/3.7M, with the 6PM CNN SITUATION ROOM at 0.25/0.38/1.5M, and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.39/3.2M.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ticked down to 0.22, and UNTUCKED was up 0.02 to 0.15.  We’s LOVE AFTER LOCKUP was steady at 0.21.  HGTV’s SELF-MADE MANSIONS rose 0.06 to 0.20.  History’s THE PROOF IS OUT THERE was at 0.16, and THE UNXPLAINED was down 0.03 to 0.12.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER fell 0.08 to 0.12, and PAINTING WITH JOHN was steady at 0.02/215K.  A&E’s RESCUE CAM was at 0.12/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.11/0.11. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday January 29, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:05 PM 62 0.53 2,214
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DALLAS/UTAH ESPN 10:06 PM 152 0.46 1,178
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MILWAUKEE/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 7:44 PM 142 0.37 1,132
4 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:07 PM 68 0.36 1,756
5 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.28 999
6 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.28 3,716
7 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.25 1,549
8 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.24 1,677
9 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.24 1,845
10 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.23 1,763
11 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,454
12 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,728
13 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:38 AM 59 0.22 545
14 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 13 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.22 609
15 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 3,193
16 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.22 1,628
17 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,705
18 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,847
19 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 61 0.21 698
20 SELF-MADE MANSIONS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:05 PM 55 0.20 1,166
21 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,551
22 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.20 1,646
23 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:30 PM 14 0.20 582
24 90 DAY FIANCE: 1ST LOOK TLC 10:00 PM 27 0.18 1,040
25 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 1,453
26 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: IOWA/ILLINOIS FOX SPORTS 1 9:01 PM 128 0.17 762
27 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,442
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,138
29 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,590
30 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,047
31 PROOF IS OUT THERE HISTORY 10:03 PM 30 0.16 849
32 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,162
33 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 2,076
34 MYSTERY BLIND FROG RANCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:15 PM 60 0.16 1,004
35 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.16 631
36 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:37 AM 53 0.15 376
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,375
38 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 59 0.15 692
39 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,811
40 UNTUCKED 12 VH1 9:30 PM 30 0.15 413
41 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,898
42 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,609
43 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,915
44 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.14 410
45 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,334
46 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,482
47 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,148
48 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.14 449
49 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 958
50 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 370
51 CASAGRANDES NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.13 452
52 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,875
53 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,164
54 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.13 2,180
55 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 58 0.12 1,186
56 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.12 888
57 RESCUE CAM A&E NETWORK 10:32 PM 32 0.12 551
58 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 390
59 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 268
60 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 93 0.12 439
61 DPLUS FL DEADLY TYPE W CD INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 15 0.12 565
62 RESCUE CAM A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 31 0.12 556
63 90 DAY FIANCE: MORE TO LO TLC 8:05 PM 115 0.11 532
64 LIGA MX L: MAZATLAN / PACHUCA TUDN 10:00 PM 150 0.11 258
65 DPLUS FL LONG ISLAND MEDI TLC 10:27 PM 63 0.11 645
66 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 10:00 AM 48 0.11 1,487
67 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.11 236
68 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,229
69 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,510
70 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,430
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 255
72 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 11:30 AM 30 0.11 441
73 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,249
74 SECRETS OF SULPHUR SPRING DISNEY CHANNEL 8:01 PM 23 0.10 417
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,388
76 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.10 417
77 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,508
78 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 476
79 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.10 465
80 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 699
81 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 312
82 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.09 693
83 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,637
84 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:48 AM 12 0.09 1,302
85 MIRA, ROYAL DETECTIVE DISNEY JUNIOR 7:30 PM 25 0.09 327
86 LWATL UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:33 PM 30 0.09 389
87 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,217
88 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.09 1,440
89 MSNBC LIVE W/A.MOHYELDIN MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,388
90 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 30 0.09 362
91 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.09 210
92 DEER SQUAD NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.09 385
93 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 60 0.09 238
94 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 442
95 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 218
96 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 11:00 AM 37 0.08 1,165
97 BELOW DECK BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.08 344
98 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 1:06 AM 58 0.08 426
99 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: WOLF OF WALL STREET PARAMOUNT 7:00 PM 240 0.08 232
100 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,381
101 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 298
102 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:37 AM 23 0.08 1,141
103 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 1:03 AM 59 0.08 326
104 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,344
105 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.07 1,131
106 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.07 388
107 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 429
108 DPLUS FL: FRIGHT CLUB TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.07 324
109 CASE DIED WITH HER, THE OXYGEN MEDIA 2:00 AM 60 0.07 272
110 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.07 190
111 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 7:31 PM 30 0.07 304
112 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 1,263
113 UNDISPUTED L: 1097 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 143
114 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.06 123
115 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 368
116 LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.06 255
117 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 572
118 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 25 0.06 334
119 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:30 AM 30 0.06 129
120 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 182
121 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.06 215
122 SPORTSCENTER MORNING ESPN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 159
123 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.06 112
124 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 868
125 GREG KELLY REPORTS NEWSMAX TV 7:00 PM 60 0.05 528
126 UNEXPECTED KILLER, AN OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 349
127 ENGINE MASTERS MOTOR TREND 8:00 PM 30 0.05 270
128 NEWS W SHEPARD SMITH, THE CNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.05 345
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 184
130 LA PEOR PESADILLA DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 9:00 PM 60 0.05 110
131 ROADKILL GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.05 227
132 PGA TOUR: FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN GOLF CHANNEL 2:58 PM 290 0.04 443
133 FRAMED BY THE KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.04 278
134 HERD: NICK WRIGHT L: 1411 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 105
135 OPTIONS ACTION CNBC 5:30 PM 30 0.04 245
136 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 858 FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 AM 120 0.04 86
137 BELOW DECK BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.04 168
138 FAST MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.04 275
139 SPICER & CO NEWSMAX TV 6:00 PM 60 0.04 420
140 LA OBSESION DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 8:00 PM 60 0.04 94
141 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 88
142 LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 60 0.04 159
143 CLAMAN COUNTDOWN, THE FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 3:00 PM 60 0.04 252
144 SQUAWK BOX: N/A CNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 191
145 MASTER MINDS GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.04 541
146 JOHN BACHMAN NOW: N/A NEWSMAX TV 12:00 PM 120 0.04 280
147 VARNEY & COMPANY FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.04 318
148 COLL BSKTBL: MTN WEST L FOX SPORTS 1 11:09 PM 119 0.04 168
149 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE NEWSMAX TV 5:00 PM 60 0.03 340
150 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.03 105

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.